Danes set to end far-right influence on politics
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COPENHAGEN — Danes look set to bring a new center-left coalition to power in a Sept. 15 general election, a move that would spell the end of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DPP)’s influential role in Danish politics.
The party has however left such an indelible stamp on Danish politics that the country’s immigration policy is not expected to change radically under a center-left government, observers say.
The DPP, headed by charismatic leader Pia Kjaersgaard, has kept two minority center-right governments in power for the past decade through informal accords.
And he has used the threat of bringing down the government to push through some of Europe’s most draconian immigration and integration regulations..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110911com3.html
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